Market outlook: insights for seed stage founders
This short briefing note is prepared for founders who are considering, or are in the process of raising seed capital. The last few weeks have seen a significant shift in terms of the fundraising atmosphere, and investors’ appetite for risk.
The Role of DAOs in Web3
As Web3 emerges, DAOs will become the de facto organisational structure; digital and global with broad-based governance. An organisational structure fit to support trusted peer-to-peer interactions.
Technology as a political act aka Web3
Web3 is a social movement. As computing and software become cheaper, faster and easier, activism and political statements can be expressed in code. A lot of people don’t trust authorities, so instead of demonstrating they are creating technology. Technology, in this case, is a political act.
Trust people, not companies
So, as people come to trust institutions less and peers more; the pitch could be: trust people, not Big Tech. Or trust people, not companies. Blockchains are a part of a much bigger social movement, the changing nature of trust.
London Blockchain Firms Raise over $500 Million in Equity Funding since 2013
Analysis of global startup hubs has revealed that London may be one of the most preferred hubs for blockchain start-ups to headquarter themselves.
Thick Clients, No Servers aka Web3
The logical extension of “Thick Clients, Thin Servers” is non-existent servers. Go full peer-to-peer.